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The Last First: Winter K2
In The Last First: Winter K2, director Amir Bar-Lev tells a complex, harrowing, and moving story that takes an unflinching look at the industry of extreme mountain climbing. The film follows Icelander John Snorri Sigurjónsson and the Pakistani father-son team of Ali and Sajid Sadpara, who set out to be the first to summit K2 in the winter when the mountain’s conditions are cruelest. The men soon find themselves sharing the treacherous ascent with influencer climbers and their film crews, commercial expedition clients, and a Nepalese team no longer content to help Westerners achieve mountaineering glory. An Apple Original Films release.
A Q&A with director Amir Bar-Lev immediately follows the screening.
Presented in English, Urdu, and Icelandic with English subtitles.
DIRECTOR
Amir Bar-Lev
PRODUCERS
Howard T. Owens
Ben Silverman
Sean Richard
Sarah Thomson
John Battsek
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Amir Bar-Lev’s directorial credits include Fighter, My Kid Could Paint That, The Tillman Story, Happy Valley, Long Strange Trip, and The Last First: Winter K2. He also co-produced the Academy Award-nominated Trouble the Water. Bar-Lev has garnered numerous awards for his films and commercial work, including an Emmy Award and a Grammy Award nomination. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and three children.